This is the first time ever in history to be all Hong Kong affair in the Asian Games Men’s Final after Max Lee and Leo Au producing a massive come back to clinch the victory in the semifinals tonight.
World no.21 Leo Au came back from two games down to claim the huge upset at the semis against first seed Saurav Ghosal of India in a nail-biting five setters at 10-12, 11-13, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 to first reach the men’s final.
Max Lee doubled the joy by surviving from a thrilling five-game contest against the Malaysian Adnan Nafiizwan. The determined World no.19 recovered from two games down to send the match to a decider before securing the come back victory at 5-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9.
Leo Au and Max Lee will line up against each other in the Men’s final tomorrow at 17:00 (local time). Let’s give your greatest support to our players and we wish them the best of luck.